FBR Orders AI Cameras for Spinning Mills
Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue has ordered every registered textile spinning unit in the country to install AI-powered video analytics cameras on its production machinery by 15 November 2026. The directive, issued as Sales Tax General Order No. 30 of 2026 on 23 October, requires the camera systems to count fibre as it enters production and transmit the figures to the tax authority in real time.
The order is signed by Khalid Mehmood, Second Secretary (Sales Tax – Law and Procedure), and has been copied to the FBR’s IT and digital transformation directorate as well as all authorised vendors. It takes effect immediately. The FBR video analytics spinning mills requirement is one of the most technologically ambitious tax-compliance measures the Board has attempted, effectively turning factory floors into live data feeds for the taxman.
Cameras That Count, Not Just Record
Ordinary CCTV will not satisfy the FBR video analytics spinning mills order. The systems must do far more than record video: they have to detect, count and quantify fibre as it is fed into machines in loose or opened form — cotton, polyester, viscose, wool and acrylic, whether natural, man-made or blended. The analytics must capture the production process in real time, flag unexpected machine stops, produce quantitative analysis of output, and stream everything to the Board’s Central Control Unit with storage and archiving.
In practice, a mill cannot meet the FBR video analytics spinning mills standard with off-the-shelf security cameras. It needs a computer-vision system that counts material and talks directly to FBR servers — and it must buy that system from a vendor on the Board’s approved list.
Which Machines Fall Under the Order
The FBR video analytics spinning mills order names specific camera points across the spinning process: hopper bale openers and hopper feeders fitted with feeding lattices, where loose fibre is fed by hand; weighing hoppers and blending feeders; blow-room lines dedicated to man-made fibres; waste openers and recycling lines; and mixing and laydown areas. Any point where fibre enters production in loose, opened or other non-bale form must be watched.
The legal foundation is section 40C(2) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, together with rules 150ZQR and 150ZQT of Chapter XIV-BA of the Sales Tax Rules, 2006. The new order adds to Sales Tax General Order 08 of 2025, dated 20 November 2025, which remains in force.
The Heavy Lift Falls on Vendors
Most of the technical burden sits with the authorised vendors rather than the mills. Every vendor approved under Chapter XIV-BA must integrate its video analytics with the cameras at each listed point, delivering object detection and object counting robust enough to withstand scrutiny. The FBR video analytics spinning mills systems must also support data analytics for legal action — meaning the numbers they produce could become evidence in tax cases.
For spinning units, the practical clock is already ticking. With roughly three weeks to the 15 November deadline, mills that have not yet contracted an approved vendor have little room for delay. They must confirm that the vendor’s analytics can genuinely count fibre at each listed point rather than simply record video, and plan the network link that will carry real-time data to the Board.
A Second Deadline Already Moved
The FBR video analytics spinning mills push comes as the FBR keeps tightening camera-based monitoring of industry. A separate letter dated 21 October extended the installation deadline under Sales Tax General Order 27 of 2026 — the Board’s video-surveillance order — from 15 October to 31 October 2026, with all other terms unchanged.
A note of caution: reporting on STGO 30 rests on the two FBR letters, and the Board has not yet published the list of approved analytics vendors or spelled out penalties for missing the 15 November deadline. The FBR video analytics spinning mills rollout will therefore be watched closely — both by the industry it regulates and by the cameras it mandates.
Sources: TrustList, Federal Board of Revenue
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